
          N. Y. June 16th 1827
Sat 7 AM

My dear Dr

I thank you kindly for your 
letter of the 15h which is this moment put into 
my hands. By its date I perceive that you cd [could]
not have recd [received] when it was written; my
last letter; from it you will perceive the
reason of my not having having written to
you at an earlier date, sry [sorry] that yr [your] letter
announcing yr [your] intent to be a candidate
at Albany did not reach me as soon as it
shd [should] have done by several days. You will also
perceive that I have determined to strive
for the place at W.P. as I consider it scarce
by a doubtful [point?], that you will have yr [your]
situation here: lest I may not have expressed
myself decidedly as to my wishes, (it was written
in great haste & I scarcely recollect the [plua?]
ecology), let me ask the favor of you to say
to Col Thayer, that I shd [should] feel myself highly
gratified, to be attached to the establishment,
shd [should] your place become vacant, shd [should] it prove 
agreeable to his views that I shd [should] become yr [your]
successor, I shall feel grateful for such support
        